how to connect asus netbook to eircom?

kindalen

hi all,

i have a netopia wireless router from eircom(just new).i connected my dell laptop no problem.

i cannot seem to connect my asus netbook,with linux, to the wireless router.it works no problem using the ethernet cable.

how can i get this working?is it to do with wpa which my router uses?

also i know little about computers,but i have tried searching for solutions.

ta muchly.

Orion

What OS is on it? I got the Asus netbook with it's own flavour of Linux and I couldn't get it to connect to a Buffalo or Zyxel wireless router no matter what I tried. There are tons of threads around the web about this problem.

If it is a Linux netbook I'd recommend downloading and installing Cruncheee (http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/downloads - CrunchEee Eee PC Edition). It's a much better interface imo and a lot faster than the default installation. If you like the tellytubbies style interface that you have then get Easy Peasy. Both of these are customised for netbooks but I find Cruncheee much faster.

kindalen

no idea what os its running on,will have to check.it does use linux.will check when i get home.

Orion

Then it's the Asus flavour. I have no idea what it causing the issue but you're not alone with it.
Wireless works perfectly with either of the two alternative distributions I mentioned.

kindalen

going to try and get this sorted today.

kindalen

thanks a million,worked perfect.

Orion

Cool. Which one did you go with?

kindalen

cruncheee,thank crunchy...great battery life on this asus too.